There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.

When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!

I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.

When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.

My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

I guess that's one of the reasons that you do it - work all the time - because it's sort of a high to find something that really works.

Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?